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“God is hiding in the world. Our task is to let the divine emerge in our deeds…Life passes on in proximity to the sacred, and it is this proximity that endows existence with ultimate significance. In our relation to the immediate we touch upon the most distant. Even the satisfaction of physical needs can beContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 12th March”

“O humanity! We created you from a single pair of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, so that you may come to know each other (and so build mutuality and co-operative relationships, not so that you may take pride in your differences of race or social rank, and breedContinue reading “Thought for the day, Friday 11th March”

“God’s time is always near. He set the North Star in the heavens; He gave me the strength in my limbs; He meant I should be free.” Harriet Tubman, American abolitionist, who died on this day in 1913

From Earth Bound: Daily Meditations for All Seasons by Brian Nelson, “You can hear them morning, noon, and night, calling to each other, getting the work of this new year underway. The birds are returning, scavenging your neighborhood to make their homes, building cradles for their young, ceaselessly flying onward to the next task. TerryContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 9th March”

International Women’s Day Goddess by Misha Sanders “In a sacred place of honorin the temple that is my homestands a gleaming, powerful image ofThe Venus of Willendorf,proud and naked,her unbound breasts resting on herfully rotund belly, blissful and heavywith the ripeness of all lifeand the sweet milk that sustains it,having no apologies to make forContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 8th March”

“In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.” Attributed to the Buddha

“Your gifts lie in the place where your values, passions and strengths meet. Discovering that place is the first step toward sculpting your masterpiece, Your Life.” Michelangelo, born on this day in 1475

“My Soul came to me pure,drawn from the reservoir of the Holy.All the time it remains within me,I am thankful for its thirstfor compassion and justice.Let my eyes behold the beauty of all creatures;let my hands know the privilege of righteous deeds.” Mishkan T’filah Siddur

“Don’t go off somewhere elseKabir says: Just throw awayAll thoughts of imaginary thingsAnd stand firm in that which you are.”Kabir

“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened for us.” Alexander Graham Bell, born on this day in 1847